The rich earlier Mid Upper Palaeolithic (Pavlovian) sites of Dolní
Vĕstonice I and II and Pavlov I (∼32,000–∼30,000 cal
BP) in southern Moravia (Czech Republic) have yielded a series of human burials,
isolated pairs of extremities and isolated bones and teeth. The burials occurred
within and adjacent to the remains of structures (‘huts’), among
domestic debris. Two of them were adjacent to mammoth bone dumps, but none of
them was directly associated with areas of apparent discard (or garbage). The
isolated pairs and bones/teeth were haphazardly scattered through the occupation
areas, many of them mixed with the small to medium-sized faunal remains, from
which many were identified post-excavation. It is therefore difficult to
establish a pattern of disposal of the human remains with respect to the
abundant evidence for site structure at these Upper Palaeolithic sites. At the
same time, each form of human preservation raises questions about the
differential mortuary behaviours, and hence social dynamics, of these foraging
populations and how we interpret them through an archaeological lens.

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When the modern was too new159
Returning home, Hanna used her experiences in French Palaeolithic
scholarship to write a book about the archaeology of the UpperPalaeolithic, attributed to the genre of popular science. However, it was
also read in professional circles, and for many decades it was the only
book in Swedish about Palaeolithic cave art written by a professional
scholar (Rydh, 1926a).
The East Asian connections
In the years following Schnittger’s death, Hanna Rydh spent much of
her time finishing some of his archaeological